181105-N-PI076-0126 PACIFIC OCEAN (Nov. 5, 2018) Sailors prepare a RIM-162D Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile before loading it into a guided-missile launcher aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74). John C. Stennis is underway conducting routine operations in the U.S. Pacific Fleet area of operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Mitchell Banks/Released)